This tiny box lets you mine Bitcoins. And that is not even the best thing it does. One shouldn’t expect to get rich by simply buying the device, it does, however solve one of the big problems facing internet users right now: Micro-payments.
This Linux-based box lets you buy and sell digital goods for bitcoins, either independently or plugged into a PC using its own micropayments server. ( Means that one does not have to rely on a third party service that takes a cut from earnings).
21, the maker of this bitcoin computer, believes that they can make payments virtually automated because of their machine to machine payments. It will also help the individuals in earning revenue by selling online products and services such as digital content. They believe this would return economic power to the individual and a lot of big players in the tech industry back their claims including the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Qualcomm, Cisco, and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
21’s bitcoin computer is expected to ship on November 16.
